Sempurna Guitar Tutorial

Posted in Other on July 27, 2008 at 4:50 pm

I have received many requests for tabs since I published my cover of Sempurna on YouTube. Well, here they are, accompanied by some instructions, midi files and a video. The song Sempurna is by Andra and the Backbone. These tabs are my interpretation of the song, using my own playing technique.

Request

Can you post a video of yourself playing Sempurna on youtube, so I can see the result?
Please add it as a video response to my instruction video.

Get started

I have prepared some material for you. Before you start playing you should take a look at it, otherwise you might miss some important information (for example the tuning of the guitar)

16 tabs

Together the 16 tabs (below) cover the entire song. I added some lyrics so you know what part of the song a tab is about. The character Q means quarter (1/4) note. The E stands for 1/8 note.

2 midi files

By playing the midi files you can hear what the tabs should sound like. The midi files play the notes as shown in the tabs below, from tab 1 to 16, without any breaks. There is a slow version and a fast version. They are computer-generated from the tabs, so they sound a bit staccato.

Download sempurna slow

Download sempurna fast

Guitar tuning

The tuning of the guitar is D G D G B E. I tuned the 2 lowest sounding strings 1 tone (2 steps) down. This way it is easier to play the bass pattern, and the open lowest string (now sounding as D) gives more body to the sound.

Instruction video

In this video you can see how I hold my hands, and you can watch my fingerpicking style.
I will go through the tabs one by one, playing both fast and slow. One part of the video shows close-ups of my right hand, and another part shows close-ups of my left hand.

Download the video in mpg format (32 MB)
Download the video in flv format (32 MB)

If you don’t know which one to choose I suggest the mpg video.

Tabs


  Tab 1
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3--------3----|-2--------2----|-0--------0----|-2--------2-----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|------2---------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0-------|
 (intro, play 2x)

  Tab 2
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3--------3----|-2--------2----|-0--------0----|-2--------2-----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|------2---------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0-------|
 Kau begitu sempurna

  Tab 3
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3--------3----|-2--------2----|-0--------0----|-2--------2----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|
|-4------4------|-4------4------|-4------4------|-4------4------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Di mataku kau begitu indah

  Tab 4
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|-2--------2----|-0--------0----|-2--------2----|-0--------0----|
|------3--------|------3--------|------3--------|------3--------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----2-------2--|----2-------2--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0------0------|-0------0------|-2------2------|-2------2------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Kau membuat diriku, akan selalu memujamu

  Tab 5
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3--------3----|-2--------2----|-0--------0----|-2--------2-----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|------2---------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0-------|
  (no vocal)                                

  Tab 6
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----2-------2--|----0-------0--|
|-0------0------|---------------|-2------2------|---------------|
|---------------|-4------4------|---------------|-0------0------|
 Janganlah kau tinggalkan diriku

  Tab 7
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|
|-0------0------|-4------4------|-4------4------|-4------4------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Takkan mampu menghadapi semua

  Tab 8
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    W
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------|
|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|-3----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|-2----|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----2-------2--|-2----|
|-0------0------|-0------0------|-2------2------|-2----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------|
 Hanya bersamamu ku akan bisa

  Tab 9
  Q  E E  E E Q    Q  E E E E Q   Q  E E E E Q   Q  E E E E Q
|----------------|--------------|-2------------|-2--------------|
|-3---------3----|-3--------3---|------3-------|------3---------|
|------2---------|------2-------|------------2-|------------2---|
|----0--------0--|----0-------0-|----0-----0---|----0-----0-----|
|----------------|--------------|-0------0-----|-0------0-------|
|-0-------0------|-4------4-----|--------------|----------------|
 Kau adalah darahku

  Tab 10
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|
|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|------3--------|------3--------|
|------2--------|------2--------|------------2--|------------2--|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-----0----|----0-----0----|
|---------------|---------------|-0------0------|-0------0------|
|-0------0------|-4------4------|---------------|---------------|
 Kau adalah jantungku

  Tab 11
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|
|-4------4------|---------------|-0------0------|-0------0------|
|---------------|-4------4------|---------------|---------------|
 Kau adalah hidupku, lengkapi diriku

  Tab 12
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    +W
|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------2-0----|--------|
|-3--------3----|-3--------3----|-3----------3---|-----0-3-----3--|-(3)----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2---------|---0------------|--------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-----0---0-|-2--------------|--------|
|-4------4------|---------------|-0------0-------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|-4------4------|----------------|----------------|--------|
 O sayangku kau begitu

  Tab 13
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3--------3----|-2--------2----|-0--------0----|-2--------2-----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|------2---------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0-------|
 Sempurna                               

  Tab 14
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3--------3----|-2--------2----|-0--------0----|-2--------2----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|
|-4------4------|-4------4------|-4------4------|-4------4------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
 Sempurna

 BELOW ARE THE TABS FOR THE END OF THE SONG

  Tab 15
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3--------3----|-2--------2----|-3--------3----|-2--------2----|
|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|------2--------|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0------|
 Sempurna

  Tab 16
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    W
|-2-------------|-0-------------|-2-------------|-0-------------|-2----|
|-3--------3----|-2--------2----|-3--------3----|-2--------2----|-3----|
|-2----2--------|-2----2--------|-2----2--------|-2----2--------|-2----|
|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------|
|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0------0------|-0----|
 Sempurna
 

229 Comments

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  1. Luq
    October 20th, 2009 at 8:20 am

    hey…. thanks.. u help me lot…. anyway.. i suggest u to play yakinlah aku menjemputmu song … it’s nice.. but there is not tab.. i hate song without tab… =(

  2. waie
    October 19th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

    i love you man.. thanks.. u help me alot.. hehe :lol:

  3. abdullah349
    October 11th, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    [..YouTube..] enak tenan . .. good job..good skill . . .

  4. kavkawasdie
    October 8th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    [..YouTube..] like this :D

  5. wais2901
    October 1st, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    [..YouTube..] u are so amazing!

  6. nlpeter1
    September 28th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    [..YouTube..] orang Belanda

  7. kavkawasdie
    September 28th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    [..YouTube..] orang indonesia ya?atau pernah bermukim disini??hehhehee..

  8. nlpeter1
    September 19th, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    [..YouTube..] No, it was never published here in Netherlands.

  9. chopzify
    September 14th, 2009 at 11:52 am

    [..YouTube..] Gosh….that’s niceis “sempurna” published in your contry?

  10. Learn and Master Guitar
    September 10th, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    Thanks for this tutorial I can now learn and gain more ideas and techniques in playing the guitar.

  11. CriticalGlOoD
    September 1st, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    [..YouTube..] haha nice tutorial i like you accent

  12. onengoneng
    August 30th, 2009 at 6:34 am

    [..YouTube..] wow, two thumbs up. selain lagu ini, ada lagu lain nggak? thx :)

  13. nlpeter
    August 16th, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    @Albern Constantia Hellsing: thank you, but what do you mean with “my last year of life” ?

  14. Albern Constantia Hellsing
    August 14th, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    Good Job there fascinating and marvelous.
    wish i could see u in my last year of life.

  15. mrfabers
    August 11th, 2009 at 11:39 am

    [..YouTube..] thx sir peter..you help me alot with your video lesson..kinda hoping..would you play the “dao xiang” songs from jay chou??i have trouble playing that song..thx again..

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